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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Pepto Mangan as the true blood nourishing remedy in liquid and tablet forms. It emphasizes good blood as the basis of health and lists signs of poor blood, asserting only Gude's Pepto Mangan is genuine with or without the label.
Clyde Elmore resigns from Water Valley position and accepts employment with the Oxford Eagle, marking a transition between local newsrooms.
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh through Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and acting on the blood. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials, urging purchase from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
A Cincinnati inventor’s Freezone promises instant relief from corns and calluses without soreness. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and can remove hard corns soft corns and corns between toes. The ad touts easy use and painless removal.
Hastings 1920 Seed Catalogue promoted free to Southern gardeners. Over one million packets of easy to grow flowers to beautify homes. Send name and address to receive the catalogue by return mail with no obligation to buy. Atlanta, Ga.
The Bayer name denotes genuine aspirin used by physicians for various pains and fevers. The record notes Bayer’s role in producing acetylsalicylic acid and its reputation in medical practice, dating from early 20th century advertisements and product claims.
A compact analysis describes mounting global strains and competing forces as the world adjusts to shocks. It notes new orders and rising discontent among factions, with pleas for unity tempered by reactions from various powers. Strong entities and dates are not specified in this readable fragment.
In a 1920 tour, Frank Comerford notes Europe embracing a possible new order amid postwar unrest. He cites roving demands for change by workers and business leaders, government debt crises, a falling pound, and shifting labor roles as women stay in the workforce while men return.
The excerpt presents Dickens praising cows as a benevolent, productive creature. It extolls the cow as mother of beef butter and cheese while noting her usefulness in shoehorns haircombs and upper leather. The passage condemns exploiting cows for milk and their offspring.
In De Senectute a speaker notes that all men desire old age yet complain when it comes. Time passes faster than expected and even eight hundred years would not soothe a life wasted in folly.
The text describes Princess Charlotte of Meningen, sister of the recently deceased ex-kaiser, a long time Riviera resident. She defied norms with bobbed hair, outspoken talk of democracy, and constant smoking, which unsettled her ex-haler who favored his other sister Queen Sophie of Greece.
In Oxford on March 5 1920 a large Lafayette County mass meeting of Republicans convened at the Court House. A Williams chaired with A Payne as secretary. Delegates elected uninstructed to district and State Conventions: Williams Rogers Payne Moore. Alternates Toles Milliner Owen McEwen. Sheriff Hartsfield thanked for courthouse access. over 50 attendees. S. W. Rogers, Reporter.
The Oxford Eagle notes Judge Charles Lee Crum, longtime New Albany lawyer and planter, seeks the U S Congress seat from Mississippi’s Second District. He will resign the Circuit Court judgeship in spring to campaign, promising clear positions for his district.
Weather delays persist as Yellow Leaf School nears release. Mrs I J Hale and son T J Jr visit Shelby relations. Elizabeth Brown visits cousin Mary Sue Jones. Linnie and Mildred Ragland join Catherine Murray family. Mildred and Louise Hall visit Katherine and Ned Murray. Flu and lumber activity noted. Miss Doney visits for demonstration work. Mildred Hale elected club president with Hugh Miller Wolfe as vice president and Linnie Ragland as secretary.
Mrs C C Stephens and daughter Mrs Walter Stephens visited Mrs J S Callaway on Saturday. John Boamer an aged longtime servant with the Stenhane Callaways and Rushings died last week of pneumonia. He was trusted and valued by white residents. Mr and Mrs A F Callaway and Moody visited Sunday with the family of their brother. Mrs Charlie Davis spent the past.
Miss Stella Evans visited with her brother J. H. Evans family at College Hill Switch and spent a few days with her aunt Mrs. Gray.
Chapel exercises Wednesday morning honored the Ole Miss gridiron squad of 1919 with gold football emblems engraved Ole Miss 1919 and a red blue M. Coach Sullivan presented awards to captains and players including Edmonds Cowart Rufus Creekmore Crip Gordon Emmerson Farmer J H Feemster B O McDaniel Calvin Barbour A B Carney Sam Bowers Lewis Jiggetts L B Morris H I Robison R H Lake J A P George W Thompson T H Riddell W P Gardner P G Davidson and E H Roy among others from Water Valley Daleville Oxford Canton and other Mississippi towns.
Mrs L V Rose of Cuero Texas praises Dr LeGear's Lice Kill claiming it rids flocks of lice quickly and improves chick survival. The ad touts Dr LeGear as poultry specialist with decades of experience and offers a money back guarantee if results are not seen.
An ad promises easy dyeing of faded clothing for women using simple direct dyes. It claims wool, silk, cotton, linen, and mixtures can be dyed to any color to look like new.
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